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Beneath the Mountain

By: Luca D'Andrea

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In Luca D’Andrea’s atmospheric and brilliant thriller, set in a small mountain community in the majestic Italian Dolomites, an outsider must uncover the truth about a triple murder that has gone unsolved for thirty years.New York City native Jeremiah Salinger is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making team. He and his partner, Mike, made a... Read more

Stakes Is High

By: Mychal Denzel Smith

Narrated by: Mychal Denzel Smith

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.

The events of the past decade have forced us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. We have been invested in a set of beliefs about our American identity: our exceptionalism, the inevitable rightness of our... Read more

All Grown Up

By: Jami Attenberg

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, childfree woman who defies convention as she seeks connection. Who is Andrea Bern? When her therapist asks the question, Andrea knows the right things to say: she's a designer, a friend, a daughter, a sister. But it's... Read more

The Nurse’s Secret

By: Amanda Skenandore

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the police, Una lies her way into an unlikely refuge: the nursing school at Bellevue Hospital.



Based on... Read more

You Can Trust Me

By: Kiersten Modglin

Narrated by: Pete Cross, Laura Jennings, Kelli Tager & Susan...

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Mae Barlowe’s annual beach trip is anything but a vacation. It’s the anniversary of the worst day of her life. When her husband and best friend surprise her with a last-minute itinerary change in the form of a couples’ cruise, she struggles to hide her reservations about the new plan. A week spent cruising around in a tropical paradise sounds... Read more

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie

By: Jordan Sonnenblick

Narrated by: Joel Johnstone

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From first-time novelist Jordan Sonnenblick, a brave and beautiful story that will make readers laugh and break their hearts at the same time.Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey.... Read more

Ordinary Girls

By: Jaquira Diaz

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A fierce, beautiful, and unflinching memoir from a wildly talented debut author



While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaquira Díaz found herself caught between extremes: as her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was surrounded by the love of her friends; as she longed for a family and... Read more

Where the Children Take Us

By: Zain E. Asher

Narrated by: Zain E. Asher

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher pays tribute to her mother’s strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy. Awaiting the return of her husband and young son from a road trip, Obiajulu Ejiofor receives shattering news. There’s been a fatal car crash, and one of them is... Read more

Harold

By: Steven Wright

Narrated by: Steven Wright

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school.

Steven Wright is one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians in history. Rolling Stone ranked him fifteenth on their “50 Best Stand-ups of All Time” list, while the... Read more

Take Up Space

By: The Editors of New York Magazine

Narrated by: Marisa Blake & Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the bestselling tradition of Notorious RBG and Pelosi that explores her explosive rise and impact on the future of American culture and politics.

The candidate was young—twenty-eight years old, a child of Puerto Rico, the Bronx, and Yorktown Heights. She was working as a waitress... Read more

Consider This

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk & Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling.

In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes... Read more

Tough Titties

By: Laura Belgray

Narrated by: Laura Belgray

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a brutally honest, hilarious, and relatable account of being a late bloomer on the dating scene, trying to master adulthood, and embracing your inner dork: "a hilarious, must-read permission slip to be 100% you" (Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

What does it take to grow up cool and popular, master adulthood, fast... Read more

Me

By: Elton John

Narrated by: Elton John & Taron Egerton

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER

In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses... Read more

Well, That Escalated Quickly

By: Franchesca Ramsey

Narrated by: Franchesca Ramsey

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A sharp and timely exploration of race, online activism, and real communication in the age of social media rants, trolls, and call-out wars, from veteran video blogger and star of MTV's Decoded Franchesca Ramsey.

Franchesca Ramsey didn't set out to be an activist. Or a comedian. Or a commentator on identity, race, and culture, really. But then... Read more

Perpetual West

By: Mesha Maren

Narrated by: Tony Chiroldes

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

​“Stunning . . . A forceful addition to the literature of the U.S.-Mexican border and its ongoing history of tragedy and joy.”
—Jennifer Clement, The New York Times Book Review 

“Suspenseful, seductive . . . A thrill ride from cover to cover.”
—Oprah Daily, “The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022” 

The riveting new novel by the acclaimed author of... Read more

The Summer I Turned Pretty

By: Jenny Han

Narrated by: Lola Tung

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Some summers are just destined to be pretty.Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are... Read more

Did That Just Happen?!

By: Stephanie Pinder-Amaker & Lauren Wadsworth

Narrated by: Joy Vandervort

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible guide showing all people how to create and sustain diversity and inclusivity in the workplace—no matter your identity, industry, or level of experience

Offering real-life accounts that illustrate common workplace occurrences around inclusivity and answers to questions like “How do I identify and handle diversity landmines at work?”... Read more

LaRose

By: Louise Erdrich

Narrated by: Louise Erdrich

Length: 14 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionFinalist for the PEN Faulkner AwardIn this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize nominee The Plague of Doves, wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale... Read more

The Anatomy of Desire

By: L. R. Dorn

Narrated by: Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, J...

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Audie Award finalist for Multi-Voice Performance!Performed docuseries style by a star-studded full cast including Santino Fontana, Shelby Young , Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hilary Huber, and Lisa FlanaganFor fans of riveting true crime docuseries a... Read more

The Middlesteins

By: Jami Attenberg

Narrated by: Molly Ringwald

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous girth. She's obsessed with food--thinking about it, eating it--and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live.

When Richard abandons... Read more

Vagina Obscura

By: Rachel E. Gross

Narrated by: Siho Ellsmore

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A scientific journey to the center of the new female body.

The Latin term for the female genitalia, pudendum, means “parts for which you should be ashamed.” Until 1651, ovaries were called female testicles. The fallopian tubes are named for a man. Named, claimed, and shamed: Welcome to the story of the female body, as penned by men.

Today, a new... Read more

I'll Get Back to You

By: Becca Grischow

Narrated by: Allison Grischow

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“Full of humor and tenderness...a cozy, sexy romance." –Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care

A charming home run of a queer holiday romance where two former classmates’ plan to fake-date their way to freedom goes immediately awry—but, perhaps, exactly the way they need it to

Murphy was supposed to be settling into her junior... Read more

The Other Mrs.

By: Mary Kubica

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve & Jeremy Arthur

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY · PEOPLE MAGAZINE · MARIE CLAIRE · POPSUGAR · BUSTLE · SHEREADS · HELLOGIGGLES · and more!

A woman is drawn into a mysterious web of secrets in this twisty whodunnit from New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica

Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from... Read more

The Au Pair

By: Emma Rous

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre & Nicola Barber

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

If V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous' USA Today bestseller The Au Pair would be it.

One of the most anticipated books of 2019 from Pop Sugar, Bustle, Cosmo, Parade, and Goodreads!

Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within... Read more